For more than 60 years, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has applied science and technology to make the world a safer place.

We have an opening for a postdoctoral researcher to work in the area of atmospheric general circulation model (GCM) development with the goal of improving the representation of clouds by implementing a novel adaptive vertical grid enhancement technique. This position is in the Cloud Processes Research and Modeling group in the Atmospheric, Earth, and Energy Division.

Essential Duties

Conduct creative and independent ground-breaking model development pertaining to the representation of clouds and turbulence in atmospheric GCMs.

Conduct analysis on the representation of clouds from atmospheric GCMs compared to observations.

Publish research results in technical reports and peer-reviewed journals and present technical results at scientific conferences.

Travel as required to coordinate research with collaborators.

Pursue complementary research interests through independent collaborations with other scientists and technical staff both internal and external.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Recent PhD in atmospheric science or closely related discipline.

Experience conducting research in atmospheric science or closely related discipline.

Experience in atmospheric GCM development and/or analysis.

Experience in cloud process research and/or cloud and turbulence parameterization.

Experience with running and analyzing atmospheric numerical models.

Proficient verbal and written communication skills as evidenced by published results and presentations.

Ability to work independently as well as in multidisciplinary research teams and to collaborate productively with diverse scientific colleagues both internal and external to the LLNL.